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Author Archives: Brad Thompson
The Difficult Journey – Building Quality Software
The goal of building software is to produce a product that will bring value to our customers. As software developers we have a reputation for finding and embracing new technologies. These new technologies, however, can only take us so far … Continue reading
Confidence’s Role in Software Testing
Confidence – “the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust.” https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/confidence A few weeks ago I sat down to write about verifying bug fixes. I wanted to determine if there was a systematic approach … Continue reading
Uncovering High Value Defects
Methods of uncovering defects have for the most part stayed the same even with great advancements in process and development tools. One thing that has not stayed the same is the amount of time we have to uncover these defects. … Continue reading
Maximizing the Value of Test Automation
High quality software delivered to market quickly has always been the goal of Agile teams. A common process teams use to achieve this goal is test automation. However, simply implementing test automation doesn’t always result in reaching this goal. Over … Continue reading
Is Functional Assurance the new Quality Assurance?
I have noticed a shift in how companies are attempting to ensure quality and this is what has led me to write this post. Companies desperately want to achieve quality by simply creating automated tests. Why do they want this? … Continue reading
Improving Software Quality with Development Tours
Releasing software in the past was a QA’s dream, plenty of time to check every last corner of the product before eventually releasing to production. With the move to Agile and the speed at which we need to deliver software, … Continue reading
